The eight-day training programme—Cotton Classing & Testing—that took place in Bremen, Germany from May 9-16, was delivered by industry experts from ICA Bremen, and the Bremen Fibre Institute (FIBRE).

In line with the commitments towards the digital textile printing industry, the Inkjet India Conference in its seventh year will relaunch itself as the Digital Textile Symposium.

Running into its fourth edition, India’s finest home fashion business platforms – Heimtextil India & Ambiente India—will open doors from June 20-22 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

A.T.E. has joined hands with Beba Mischtechnik GmbH, Germany, one of the leading manufacturers of mixers and foam generators in Germany as A.T.E. will now be Beba’s exclusive sales and service agents in India and Bangladesh.

The Indian Government is expected to announce a Rs 4,000-crore incentive package for the leather and footwear segment in July to boost manufacturing, exports and job creation in the country.

Resil Chemicals, one of Asia’s leading textile finishing chemicals and auxiliary manufacturer has joined forces with Acticell GmbH, an Austrian Chemical research company committed to developing environmentally friendly, sustainable textiles.

The year 2017 has started off on a positive note for Italian textile machinery manufacturers. For the first quarter, orders have increased both in Italy and abroad. Says ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli: “Orders for the start of 2017 confirm a positive trend in major foreign markets, and a climate of trust for Italy’s textile industry that is on the upswing.”

Bharat Bijlee handed over its 10,000th AC drive to its customer Ferromatik Milacron India (FMI) on April 21, 2017, at a celebratory function at its factory in Airoli, Navi Mumbai. The machine was received by Shirish Divgi, Managing Director of FMI.

Afair number of Indian companies are today showing the way, none more so than Pratibha Syntex, which started its organic and sustainable manufacturing. Pratibha Syntex is a leading manufacturer and exporter of knitted garments and speciality yarns, and engages in organic cotton farming, manufacture of cotton, organic cotton, fair trade cotton, etc.